Saturday 27 July 2024

Post No. 2,844 - Some interesting reading/viewing [Note: Content Warning - links to distressing reports on some topics. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 


Here are some llinks that might of interest or value:

  • “Liberating and a huge pain: my week with a Nokia ‘dumbphone’”   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/20/liberating-huge-pain-week-with-nokia-dumbphone-3210   “Using the reissued 3210 model left our reporter very frustrated – but less mobile-obsessed and in awe of its battery life”   I refused to have a smartphone for many years - and the need to block calls is what was eventually the reason for me to change. Having made the change, once the novelty wore off, I kept the apps and automation to a reasonable minimum - for security reasons, in part, but there are unquestionably advantages to not being overly connected  ...      
  • “Memory for music doesn’t diminish with age”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02369-7   “Eighty-year-olds are able to identify familiar tunes just as well as teenagers can.”   This is also significant for the validity of Australian First Peoples’ use of songlines        
    • from YouTube and elsewhere on neurodivergence: 


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